As the New York Times reports, experts are now warning that China could beat the United States in the race back to the Moon. After a series of successful robotic missions to the Earth’s natural satellite, the country has made major strides in its efforts to launch its “Lanyue” lunar lander to the Moon before 2030.

The Sept. 25 liftoffs were the 82nd and 83rd orbital rocket launches of 2035 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel believe the Human Landing System version of Starship won’t be ready for Artemis 3’s launch in 2027.

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have launched three new missions to enhance our understanding of solar wind and space weather.

NASA has named its new class of astronaut candidates. The space agency introduced the four men and six women who comprise its 2025 trainee group.

NASA unveiled its 2025 astronaut class this week, and two familiar names popped out: Anna Menon and Yuri Kubo. Both spent more than a decade at SpaceX, where they played critical roles in the company’s rise to the behemoth it is today.

“The HLS schedule is significantly challenged and, in our estimation, could be years late for a 2027 Artemis 3 Moon landing,” said panelist Paul Hill, who is a former director of Mission Operations at Nasa. “The next six months of Starship launches will be telling about the likelihood of HLS flying crew in 2027 or by the end of the decade.”

T hree satellites are set to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to a National Aeronautics and Space Administration press release. The mission is to study space weather and its effects on Earth.